Cassidy — whose victim is still undergoing intensive treatment for horrendous injuries suffered last year — launched his legal challenge two weeks ago. During the barbaric rape, Cassidy’s traumatised victim was left for dead, suffered brain damage and other serious injuries

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By Stephen Breen, Crime Editor

18th June 2018, 7:30 am

Updated: 18th June 2018, 8:31 am

EVIL sex beast Anthony Cassidy was last night blasted by his victim’s family after appealing his 18-year sentence for rape.

The Irish Sun can reveal that Cassidy — whose victim is still undergoing intensive treatment for horrendous injuries suffered on June 25, 2017 — launched his legal challenge two weeks ago.

Her daughter added: “It’s almost one year since the attack and my mother has no balance, her short-term memory is gone, her speech isn’t great and she is reminded of the horrendous experience every day of her life.

“She was still a young woman when she was attacked and had her whole life ahead of her and her life now is all about recovery. It’s absolutely awful to see her being unable to walk or talk properly.

"She’s a grandmother and was once very active with her grandchildren but now she can’t even play with them. How do you explain to a three-year-old what happened to their nana?”

Although Cassidy is now behind bars, officers are still probing a separate assault that left a young mum with serious facial injuries. And they have urged anyone with information about attacks on other women to come forward. The maniac is one of the most hated inmates inside the Midlands Prison.

A jail source said: “There are a lot of violent criminals in the prison but many of them have already expressed their disgust at Cassidy for what he did.”